Tuesday, April 29, 2014

On Saturday, April 26, 2014, FSA Turkish class students competed in 2014 Southeast Turkish Olympiad Competition In Jacksonville, Florida. Once again, our students have done a great job. Among many other very competitive schools, our Turkish Olympiad Team students won best three placement individually in the category of speaking.

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

This past Friday night FSAPS Anime Club had a Lock-In as an opportunity for students to collaborate with others who are fans of the Anime art form and interested in both traditional and pop Japanese culture. The Lock-In began at 4:30 pm with attendees perusing a menu to order Hibachi dinners and contribute thoughts on our sushi selections. Students then enjoyed a hands-on lesson sushi lesson, began their Japanese bookbinding journal project, and enjoyed a delicious dinner. We may have watched a little Anime as well J The almost all night long event (students took a break in the wee hours of the morning to grab a quick nap) concluded with a breakfast of eggs, fruit, doughnut holes, and Ramen noodles (yes, Ramen). Delicious breakfast but the catch is- you had to use chopsticks!

A big thank you to Mr. Tuzen, Mrs. Stathos, Stephanie Stathos, and Mrs. Unal for helping this event run so smoothly. Also, thanks to Chef Schneider for the engaging sushi lesson. We learned so much!

On Tuesday, February 25, 2014, FSA Private Middle School Math Team participated in 2014 Math League competition. We have just received the results and once again our Math Olympiad Team students have done a great job.

Among 49 other very competitive schools, our Math Olympiad Team won following awards:

1st Place as a Team in 8th Grade Category

5th Place as a Team in 7th Grade Category

6th Place as a Team in 6th Grade Category

Additionally,

7th Grader, Mira Mutnick won 2nd Place among all 7th Graders in State

6th Grader, Charlie Furniss won 4th Place among all 6th Graders in State

8th Graders, Aditya Choudhari,Jean Moorman, and Araneesh Pratap shared 6th place in State

The Math League was formed in 1977 by award-winning math teachers Steven R. Conrad and Daniel Flegler, two math teachers from Long Island and New Jersey, respectively. Their mission is to build “student interest and confidence in mathematics through solving worthwhile problems.”

Congratulations to all participating FSA students, their parents and our Math teachers for these great results!